National Action Plan on Open Government Commitment

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C04.3.2 - Designing inclusive government programs and services

Commitment:
Designing inclusive government programs and services
Milestone:
Monitor Canadians' experiences with serious legal problems and enhance the Department of Justice Canada's understanding of effective responses using findings from the National Justice Survey and Serious Legal Problems in Canada Publish findings from the National Justice Survey and from Statistics Canada's Canadian Legal Problems Survey (CLPS), in user-friendly formats (for example, infographics or a simple dashboard). Use the National Justice Survey data to inform decision-making both by the Department of Justice Canada and by key external stakeholders.
Indicator:
C04.3.2 - Number of Justice Canada research publications and resources that use National Justice Survey data and are publicly available
Lead Organization:
Department of Justice Canada
Deadline:
Biannually until 2029

Updates

2026-06
Status:
Limited progress
Evidence of progress:

Two infographics, a methodology report and data tables on the 2025 National Justice Survey are publicly available. One other report will be published in late fall/winter 2026. This report is a fairly comprehensive overview of the 2025 results. It follows the same outline as the report by Savage and McDonald (2022) on the results of the 2021 Canadian Legal Problems Survey undertaken by Statistics Canada. See results for indicator 4.3.3 below on the work being done by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on a country case study of Canada on the cost of justice.

Evidence:
Challenges:

Google scholar was also checked, but no references to the 2025 survey have been noted there yet.

2025-12
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Two publications were released between July 2025 and December 2025 on Confidence in the Canadian Criminal Justice System and Confidence in the Canadian Youth Criminal Justice System.

Evidence:

Infographic: Confidence in the Canadian Youth Criminal Justice System 2024/2025 - https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/cccjs-cscjp/index.html